University Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

President Laurie Patton likes this framework, but in her eighth year leading Middlebury College and observing the changing world around her, she believes a new pillar has sprouted. the small private college has traditionally championed the classical values of a liberal arts education.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 1, 2023

My parents had high school degrees but didn't talk much about college. Every step of the way, something pushed me to decide to go to college, to become a faculty member. Florida State had a lot going on at that time. I think that's what they were looking for when they named me as interim president.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

Like many of our colleagues, the emergence of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence sites initially created a mild panic. Out of the panic, an emerging field of practical, practitioner-based research has begun to emerge. The call for calm, patient reflection has been noted (Naidu 2023, para 10).

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University Business

MARCH 25, 2024

government resources and contributions from independent research centers, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Humanities Alliance and the Hamilton Project. The unemployment rate for English majors was 2.3%, which is near that of all college graduates and those on different academic paths.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

College students who graduate as English majors actually find jobs at about the same rate as those who major in other subjects, according to a recent report commissioned by the Modern Language Association (MLA). According to the report, the unemployment rate for English majors, 2.3%, was not far off from that of all college graduates, 2.17%.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In partnerships announced this week, Imperial College London has linked up with online coding bootcamp provider HyperionDev. Across town King’s College London has revealed a new UX Design Career Accelerator program with FourthRev, building on a previous partnership.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

Like many of our colleagues, the emergence of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence sites initially created a mild panic. Out of the panic, an emerging field of practical, practitioner-based research has begun to emerge. The call for calm, patient reflection has been noted (Naidu 2023, para 10).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

On the opening day, academics shared findings on student success at Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), while others tackled issues of pay inequity in internships. Gaston Gayles directly addressed the toxicity of the constantly productive, highly competitive environment in academia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Safa Zaki, Bowdoin College (Williamstown, Mass.) from Arizona State University in Psychology.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

by Marie-Pierre Moreau and Lucie Wheeler Cleaning, catering and security staff fulfil an important function in maintaining and enhancing the social and material environment of higher education (HE). Yet this group has attracted limited considerations from researchers and policy-makers alike.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

With their mammoth lectures, terrible student-to-adviser ratios, heavy reliance on teaching assistants and postdocs, and priority placed on research and grant-getting, many would say that the answer is an unequivocal no, except for the small minority of students who are in honors colleges.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Considering that enrollment in college is dropping—with higher education losing one million students in the last two years alone and steady year-over-year losses for more than a decade—we must have a frank exploration of how students perceive the value of a degree. Employers are desperate for prepared, career-ready talent.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Limerick,” Chris Whitney, the board’s vice chair and brand commissioner for the state of Colorado’s Department of Agriculture, wrote to Glen Krutz, CU Boulder’s dean of arts and sciences. “This has been a process that did not come with transparency, forthrightness and clear and steady communication.

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#Deaning

MARCH 27, 2023

link] ◾ In hiring news, we are excited to welcome Ann Vandergust to the College of Arts! She is delighted to be (re)joining the College of Arts and sends her regards as she is looking forward to meeting you all – both old friends (Hi Matthew et al.!) Ann will be joining us as the Manager, Facilities and Operations.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. Those with liberal arts degrees took umbrage. Many political science majors do become policymakers—and the degree is a well-trodden stepping stone to law school.

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University Business

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Colleges and universities are always actively seeking ways to boost their retention and persistence rates. With student engagement fledgling , some colleges are turning to edtech tools to drive student interest and academic success. is joining the first cohort of colleges to license the new technology and curriculum.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. In July, Agnes Scott College launched the Acknowledging our Past: Acting Now for a Transformed Future project, which aims to elevate the lives and stories of the people of color who built the college.

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ACRLog

JUNE 19, 2023

Long is the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University. I say brief interactions as I’m fairly new in my current role as a science liaison librarian, having worked in the position for just over a year. Long in early Spring 2022 and it stuck with me.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

will be moving into entrepreneurial pursuits after serving in academia for 30 years, according to The Oklahoman. steps down at a time when Langston’s total enrollment has been steadily declining for the past decade, like other regional colleges in the state. retires after an 11-year tenure at the school. Despite this, Smith Jr.

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University Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Among the college presidents to come and go in the past two weeks, two positions were indirectly decided by Gov. Hired Richard Corcoran – New College of Florida Richard Corcoran has officially become the permanent president of New College of Florida after serving as interim president since January.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Milo Riverso, for example, has leveraged his esteemed background in construction and engineering to win over Manhattan College’s Board of Trustees. Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College.

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University Business

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The college’s governing board elected Gay to take the reins after an exhaustive search that commenced after current Harvard President Lawrence S. in government from Harvard in 1998 and earned the Toppan Prize for best dissertation in political science. Bacow announced in June that he would retire. ” Gay received her Ph.D.

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University Business

AUGUST 11, 2023

In STEM, she’s doubled the university’s external funding for research and oversaw the completion of its Hall of Science. In STEM, she’s doubled the university’s external funding for research and oversaw the completion of its Hall of Science. We want a change in lifestyle for at least some time. Dr. Lonnie A.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Students are then enrolled in a CTC College to Career course based on their answers to provide them with important information as early as possible about their chosen career path, such as the lifestyles of current employees or possible outcomes in related occupations. Meanwhile, students create their resumes and upload them onto Handshake.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

colleges and universities. Rural-serving institutions (RSIs) face many more unique challenges than most urban schools and persist, comprising more than 25% of all U.S. How to subset rising costs with remote learning and course selection. The type of mindset that boards should look for when appointing a president or chancellor.

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eLiterate

JULY 12, 2023

I don’t know if my idea will work yet—he promised to let me know once he tries it—but the idea got me thinking. Generative AI probably will change EdTech integration, interoperability, and the impact that interoperability standards can have on learning design. You can guess from the name what it’s supposed to do. It never worked well.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 18, 2023

Research shows that students who must incur debt to attend college have lower GPAs, more health issues both before and after graduation, are less likely to buy a house, will get married and have children later in life, are less likely to start a business, and are less entrepreneurial.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

For universities that don’t have the cushion of the Ivy League list, the stark reality of declining enrollment and soaring costs looms large. Today’s educational leaders are grappling with a landscape where class sizes have shrunk to nearly 70-80% of what they were just half a decade ago.

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Echo Delta

OCTOBER 7, 2021

?. For small, tuition-driven colleges and universities, the challenge of recruiting right-fit students has never been greater. And each year, as schools compete for an ever-smaller pool of students, it becomes increasingly critical to stand out–to be differentiated–in the sea of seemingly interchangeable schools.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 11, 2023

As the nation celebrates five decades of hip-hop, scholars and activists gathered on Friday at Howard University to consider the relationship between academia and the musical genre. He said that his introduction to political science came in the form of a Public Enemy album. Panelists at the hip-hop conference at Howard University. "I

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Gag orders on college campuses are all the rage right now, as Republican legislators seek to ban the discussion of critical race theory and other “divisive concepts” that offend conservative sensibilities. These kinds of gag orders may be common in corporate America, but they should raise red flags for anyone in academia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

At a time in academia when STEM is increasingly evolving into STEAM, colleges and universities with intensely driven, career-focused students are endeavoring to create space for arts education. STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is expanding into STEAM, with the addition of art.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It’s an art—and a lost art, at that. It’s been almost seven years since writer and public radio host Celeste Headlee gave her February 2016 TED talk, “ Ten Ways to Have a Better Conversation.” ” It went viral. She became an in-demand speaker. People found her methods to be highly effective.

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University Business

JANUARY 21, 2025

Colleges and universities looking to stay in rhythm may learn something new from Gray Decision Intelligence’s latest prediction of the five academic programs set to shape the future of the sector. in Computational Social Science, and the University of San Diego offers an M.S. in Computational Social Science.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

How are colleges and universities responding to financial pressures? As the new administration goes even more energetically after academia Id like to share some data about our sectors standing. Closing colleges and universities Philadelphias University of the Arts closed in 2024. million deficit.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2023

A complete college education dives into understanding this right. 15 August · Episode 168 Nurturing Free Speech and Respectful Dialogue in Higher Education 40 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Eric shares how faculty, staff, and students can approach free speech and respectful dialogue by conducting co-teaching practices and exercises.

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